Catching up

A bit of catching up to do. Pics are from 8/8 which is father's day in Taiwan (ba is 8 and baba is dad so therefore 8/8 day is father's day) Ivo, Burl and Sandy came round to play last week and the boys had a great time, played together nicely. Burl of course watched on with a smile.

A lot has happened the last while. We are going to move apartments. We found a daycare/school that Dylan can attend for afternoons only (difficult to find a place that agrees to that arangement) and they also take babies and have a trained nurse working there so...we are moving closer to the school and will drive to work (as opposed to walk round the corner). Found a nice apartment which is in a good area with parks nearby and the building has a pool (allthough as is the way here it will probably only be open a few months of the year, when it is really hot) till that is a bonus. So here we go...moving again...thankfully we still have one more week of so we can use it to get the packing on the go and then 1st September is D-Day.
Typhoon busy hitting the island. So far nothing in Taichung..aparently this afternoon, nevertheless we are planning a housebound day! More about the Taipei trip later....




This yapping, jumping dog is a favourite.





Burl watches the boys from his mama's lap...itching to join in.

D taking a rest in the ball pool!

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!! Ivo, Burl, Sandy and Ryan came over this morning for an egg hunt. Ivo was really into the looking for eggs bit; Dylan less so, once he got a chocolate that was all he was interested in. Managed to make some Hot cross buns (without the crosses...forgot to get ingredients). the boys had a good time and Dylan had a great nap afterwards (so luckily the sugar high didn't keep him awake!!) Tomorrow back to school after the break..:(

Busy boys...all three!


The two little egg hunters



Dylan has been sucking on most things he puts in his mouth (the teeth) adn the chocolate was no exception, as you can tell. The best was Ivo exclaiming "Dylan chocolate face" he ran after Dylan laughing and then got a closer look at the door.

Tomb sweeping vac days

Don't know where these past few days have gone. We went to the art museum (one of your favourite places) on Sunday. It was just supposed to be a "let Dylan burn off some energy" stop before heading to the supermarket for groceries. Turns out Dylan decided otherwise. usually when we go to the art museum we run around outside, take a walk through the museum and end up having a waffle and coffee. We were heading back to the car after his run when he pulled us into the museum, looked at one of the works., pulled us to the elevator. We hit the button for the second floor...just wanting to see what he would do. He walked into the coffee bar, sat on the chair and waited. So that was it we had to have a waffle. He sat so nicely throughout this (probably because it was his idea) and ate a whole quarter to himself!
We went to play at Ivo's this morning. Lots of fun always and baby Burl is getting bigger. So cute! On a few occasions Dylan passed something or gave something to Ivo , so happy to see that!!!

We have 4 days off from tomorrow. It is Tomb sweeping day or Qingming festival here tomorrow. Looking forward to the break. Yesterday was a hectic day...i won't go into details. Uncharacteristically i got VERY mad at the hospital where i took Dyan for a hearing test (he is still not talking much and we just want to have him checked) I did not even get in to see the doctor in the end and have decided i will take him to Jen ai (where he was born) because the international patient center there is really helpful and i am sure the whole process will be much smoother.

He loves climbing into things, boxes, containers and in this case his cupboard!!

The running episode...followed by the waffle!!



Just missed the boys standing here dancing (as soon as i got the camera out they stopped)

Burl was all snuggled up in the cutest of outfits!! A chilly day today...this after Dylan got a heat rash on the weekend...global warming?

Ides of March

Haven't posted in a while. Getting back into the routine of things. We went to see Ivo's little brother Burl on Tuesday ..very cute and looks just like Ivo as a baby. Then on Wednesday Dylan and I went to gym. He had fun playing with two other kids in the ball pool and then proceeded to unpack all the new toys that are there. He loves unpacking shelves, but hasn't quiet got the love of repacking them -unfortunately.
We are having a bit of a "clash of cultures" with the babysitter again..she wants to potty train him, but her way is not necessarily our way. She takes of the diaper and lets the wet themselves so they know when they pee. We are also not sure that he is ready for it, he seems distressed by her leaving his diaper off and is quiet happy when Ciro puts one back on, he never usually lies still.
Some pics of the little guy...note we do not usually give him two bottles, but if he has juice and milk bottles nearby he grabs both and stuffs them into his mouth. so we handed him these two to capture that.

Dylan is two!!!!

Dylan turned two yesterday . I got my babycentre newsletter today and it said he is now a preschooler not toddler anymore..growing so fast..he is still my baby!! We woke up very early and he opened presents, he got a junior engineer set and a frying pan set (the latter due to his fascination with cooking) We set off to the Natural Science museum where he had a lot of fun running around the botanical gardens. It was a really hot day , if i look back to the pictures of his birthday last year we were all in winter gear and this year it is T-shirt weather. After a busy morning we came home for a nice nap. Unfortunately after his nap Dylan was very unhappy, he has been teething and initially i thought it was that. Turns out he has got a bit of a cold with an explosive nose. We were supposed to have his friends Adriaan and Ivo over to celebrate his birthday but we had to postpone. Adriaan is also sick with gastro and Ivo has a little brother in the house and we don't want him to catch anything from Dylan and pass it on to Burl. Still Ciro and I made his cake already, so here are some pics of Chicken Little